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Hey, y'all! I'm Michelle Richardson, and I've just joined the amazing team at Steve Jackson Games as a Marketing Assistant. I come from a background in non-profit fundraising, marketing, and event management. My passion for board games started at an early age when I would play Scrabble, 7-Hand Rummy, Rummikub,...

Since the needs of the Daily Illuminator are voracious and insatiable, I asked my youngling when he walked in the door from school: "What's your favorite bit of gaming advice?" He's run a few well-respected campaigns as part of his Dungeons & Dragons club at school, and he's been raised...

If you have a closet of shame like I do, you have lots of games that you haven't played (or played much). Here's an idea if you need an excuse to get them off the shelf and on the table: a gaming bracket. Choose a bracket-friendly number of games you'd...

With the holidays just around the corner, Steve Jackson Games has some great games to play or to give! My personal selections would be: Munchkin Gift Pack, which features three Munchkin games in one boxed package. It includes the elusive Munchkin Grimm Tidings, which you might not be able to find...

We at Steve Jackson Games are passionate about supporting other small companies. In honor of this year's Small Business Saturday, we've compiled a list of some of our favorite shops that are based on nerd and gaming culture. Many of these awesome businesses also donate a portion of their proceeds...

I've cooked, or helped to cook, a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the past 50-mumble years. I'm really pretty good at all of it, and I actually enjoy it, especially the pie thing. But I found myself rather at loose ends this year. My partner has always been very understanding of...

I'm often on the lookout for cool gaming accoutrements for my own personal hoards of dice or other tiny accessories. I don't know if this is a truth universally acknowledged, but one trick I've found in perusing thrift stores in recent years has been to watch for interesting or unusual...

Ever consider where you came from? I don't mean, "Austin, Texas," but, "Where are my roots?" I did!  More than 30 years ago – 1987, to be exact – I had just graduated high school, and I was living at home with my parents in California (yes, I am that...